Job dyson



@nii-fthitatss atwt @frn ALetters Patent No. 81,263, elated August 18,` 1868.

'IlllPROVl:`.llLIENI `IN FRAMES POR STRTGHING DRAWERS.

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TO ALL WHOM'IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known 'that I, JOB DYSON, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford, and State of Conncctieut,havc

invented a new and useful Improvement in Drawers-Boards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part o'f this speciication,and inwhich- Figuresl and 2 represent elevations, at right angles to each other, of a drawers-board or frame, constructed in accordance with myjimprovement, and showing, by red-lines, a pair of drawers as stretched or arranged thereon.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts,

I Drawers-boards, as ordinarily constructed, are formed of two flat boards, hinged together in a. direction and for a distance corresponding to a central longitudinal division of the body portion of the drawers. Such construction fails to effect a perfect shape or stretch to the drawers, and more. particularly is this true of the portions of the legs whchform the calves, and the same are furthermore defective as regards convenience for suspension with the drawers at a stretch.

My invention consists in a drawers-board or frame, in whichl the two boards are hinged together at their upper ends in direction of their width,.and shaped at their edges to conform to the prole ofthe legs, or thereabouts, that is, the Shape of the legs in front and rear, said boards also being provided with a stretcher at their lower ends, which also forms a convenient means for suspending the boards with the drawers at a stretch.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A-A represent thetwo boards hinged, as attain direction ot' their width at their upper or body ends, and shaped along their edges b c to conform, orthereabouts, to the profile of the legs, that is, their shape in front and rear, whereby the drawers have` a better shape or fit given them, which is clearly demonstrated by the swells oZ in the edges c of the boards', that'locate or establish calycs where they should be, that is, in rear of the drawers-legs, and which cannot be doneunder the Old construction Aof drawers- -boards or frames, inasmuch as the edges of'sclr boards run Yin line with the sides Aof the legs. The boards A A, hinged also as here shown anddescribed, give a'bctter and more perfect stretch to the body'portion ot' the drawers, and more correct configuration generally to the entire article, in conformity with the human figure, whereby a better fit is secured. The stretch is established by a stretcher-bar, B,.inserted,at pleasure, or as required, betweenand preferably, but in a locking manner as regards holding them expanded, so as to project through the boards A A, at the ends of the same, opposite to the hinge a,'s aid stretcher thus serving, in addition tov its function proper, as a ready and convenient means for suspending the drawers-board on frame.

Such construction of drawers-board, with its stretcher, also admits of the amount ofstretchto-the draw- ".ers being varied at pleasurefby simply varying. the length of tho stretcher as regards its hold of the two boards apart. v

When not in aise, the stretcher-bar B may bc taken ont or removed, and'ithc boards closed ilat, the one upon the other.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-.

A board or frame-for stretching drawers, constructed substantially as described, with its hinge tz arranged in direction of the width of the boards lA A, at their upper or body ends, and they shaped on their. edges'b c to conform to. the profile of the leggand provided with a stretcher, B, at their opposite ends, substantially as specified.

` JOB DYSON. lVitnesses:

JOHN B. DYSON, MICHAELA DUNN. 

